So! What have I been up to that's put the posting on hold the last two weeks? Friends from Australia and England, celebrations, work, Batman, pubs, clubs, street-fairs, and of course, walrus riding.
In all honesty, I slept most of today. I was actually up at 6:00am, off to the bakery for breakfast, read a little, wrote a little, then back home where I learned that it's futile to try and read curled up by the bed in sunlight. I crashed and didn't get out of bed again until two. I blame cornish game hens.
The atmosphere in this city has been crazy lately. Firstly the Celebration of Light took place, a spectacular four night fireworks show spread across two weeks, where three countries 'compete' by setting their pyrotechnics to some kind of score or soundtrack. People gather in the hundreds of thousands across Vancouver's various shorelines with radios and blankets to watch it. The finale was on Saturday night, which combines a little of all three competitors' shows, and I had the pleasure of spending the evening with some mates from the North Shore, an old school buddy & his friends who were in Vancouver as part of a travel thingamy, and a couple that were waaaay more interested in face-mashing than the colourful spectacle in front of them.Not only was this weekend the finale of the Celebration of Light, it was also pride weekend. Downtown was basically inaccessible for the parade on Sunday. Great fun - much sunburn, much mental scarring - but great fun.
It was also British Columbia's 150th birthday long weekend. So as well as the hundreds of thousands of people the gathered for the fireworks and pride celebrations, Monday was (thankfully) a day off; I think most of the city (and I) needed it to recover.
Tonight it was off to dinner and the movies with some other friends to see the new Batman.Now straight off the bat (forgive the pun), it takes a lot to get me into a movie, and a lot for me to actually like one after it's finished. I really enjoyed this movie. Not going to spoil it or give any preconceptions, but Heath Ledger's performance was golden. Only thing that annoyed me (and this is kinda nitpicky) was Christian Bale's Batman voice. Bruce Wayne = awesome, Batman voice = not so awesome. But each to their own.
That's all for now. Said posts are still coming, I'm just waiting for a moment to put finger to keyboard - to speak in modern terms - and for some BBQ sauce to arrive.
Jimzip :D
8 thoughts are now mine:
Here's me being nitpicky--it was actually B.C.'s 150th anniversary. ;)
Say...speaking of statutory holidays, what happened on July 1st (Canada Day)--that ominous date that sprouted up earlier this year? Anything?
Ah! Thanks Patrick, it's fixed now.
Yes, July 1st was indeed an important date. It was basically the deadline for the project I've been working on. Check out the post below; 'My New Direction' for details. :)
Thanks for the nitpick!
JW
Aw you got me all excited, I thought "flame" stood for an "old flame" but this post did not go that direction at all. Oh poo.
Wow, all that stuff sounds really cool! (And yet all we hear about on the news about Canada is: crazy bus killer guy. Canada really needs to change its PR person.)
Haha.
Luke: Yeah I was talking to my mum about that last night. She's terrified because I'm heading to Seattle for the weekend and yep, taking a bus! Maybe I shouldn't have said anything... haha. Anyway, I think I give Canada a much nicer write-up. ;)
Anonymous: Old flames are a different story all together! :) I think I've narrowed you down to one of two people now (though there was another anonymous person running around here too... was that you posting twice as alternate anonymous-es?). Soon the time shall come to strike, and strike I shall!
Onward!
JW
No I'm a secret admirer :) i.e. STALKER lol. You don't know me, so I'm not the other anonymous dude you are friends with. Creeped yet?
I totally agree - cornish game hens are to blame for everything. :) No what I was actually agreeing with was Batman's voice being a bit annoying. Although I think I heard someone say that Christian Bale has a lisp. I'm not sure who this person was so I can't say how credible the information is but if it is true then he does very well to hide it.
That fireworks competition sounds kinda cool. And loud. Bet it was pretty though.
Anonymous: I don't know you? Wow... that just made guessing a whoooole lot harder!
Dale: CB has a lisp?! Man... if that's true then, yeah he did a stellar job hiding it! Doesn't excuse the batman voice though! ;p
Jimzip :D
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